My Angel.

I'm not a baby person, never have been and never have imagined being one. I see girls my age coo over babies and I wonder why. However, now that I'm an aunt to a pretty baby girl, I know exactly "how" and "why" babies are so attractive to everyone. The first time I saw her, she was just about 12 hours old and she was fast asleep, her cheeks flushed pink with exertion from the night before... She was and is the prettiest baby I've ever seen. Her little yellow mittens set off the pinkness of her skin even more and the way she cries is so beautiful too! She starts off with a small sound and gradually progresses to a big voice... and then she makes music out of it. She maintains a steady rhythm and high notes.
Now all this seems superficial and it is. What is the deeper truth behind all of this? I've been wondering... and realized that little girls can do so much! The child fought to make it to this world. What have I got that is pure enough to offer to this baby? She's untouched by human vices, she's so perfect! Her eyes shine bright, she has a lot of hope... She trusts people. She has so much potential, she can go anywhere from here... Of course she'll need lots of love and affection to make it through, and I'm going to be one hell of a loving aunt. She'll be pampered silly because she fought on to make it to this world, she struggled to crawl out and see the sun shine bright... and I'm going to reward her for all of her life with unmeasured love because she won the biggest race to come into existence and I'm so proud of her.